Trolley-wire pick-up.



H. BOLUS. TROLLEY WIRE PICK-UP. APPLICATION HLED JULY 31, 19!!- nunimnu Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

GLENN HENRY BOLUS, 0F MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR- TO THE OHIO BRASS COMPANY,

' 0F MANSFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TROLLEY-WIR-E rick-Ur.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed July 31, 1911. Serial No. 841,558.

To all whom it may concern p Be it known that I, GLENN H. Bonus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trolleyire PicloUps, of which the following is a speci tication.

This invention relates to a device for picking up a charged electrical conductor, and it is used in any place where it might be desired to pick up a live wire without njury.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and cheap device of the class described, which is effective and efficient in operation.

A. further object is to provide apick up device which may be readily attached or secured to any fixed support after the charged conductor or wire has been picked up.

For the attainmentof these ends, and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as will appear, this invention consists in the features of novelty in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts, generally shown in the accompanying drawing and described in the specification, but more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is a view of a device constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention, and showing the hook member in plan view. Fig. 2 is a side view of thepreferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 3 is adetailed sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

It frequently becomes necessary, in dealing with charged conductors, to pick up a live wire or other conductor and to hold it from contact with other things. The use of such a device is not confined to street railways and trolley wires, but it may be used in mines and in various other places where it may be desired to pick up a live wire without injury.

The object of the present invention is to provide such a device, and the preferred construction of such a device is shown by the accompanying drawing.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, a handle 10 is formed of any desired or suitable insulating material, such as wood and the like, and has a diagonal opening 11 through the body of the handle. At one end of the handle a hook member 12 is secured by swaging it on the handle or in any other suitable manner. This hook member 12 is formed with a plate portion 13, at the extremity of which is a hooked portion 14:, the plate portion 13 and the hook portion. ll being strengthened by means of the ribs 13, which extend along the plate 13 and over the outside of the hook portion 14. The hook portion 14 is rounded upwardly over the plate portion 13 to form a retaining groove 15 to engage a wire or conductor; The outer edges of the hook portion are preferably rounded at 16 to form an outwardly rounding surface at the edges of the hook portion, which prevents the wire or conductor while engaged in the hook portion from being cut by the sharp edges of the hook portion. Inside of the hook portion and at the bottom of the groove l5 are teeth or serrations 17, which are adapted to form engaging points or a jaw to assist in'grasping and retaining the wire more firmly in the hook. At one side of the hook member 12, preferably formed integral therewith, and remote from the hook end of the member 13 is a pivot pinlS. This pivot pin 18 is adapted to provide a pivotal mounting for the lever 19, one arm 20 of which extends over the plate portion 13, and is. formed with teeth or serrations 21 along the edge thereof which are adapted to he brought into engagement with a wire to press it against the groove 15 of the hook portion 14, the teeth assisting in providing a firm grip upon the wire or conductor. This lever 19 is preferably curved in shape, as shown in Fig. 1, the other arm 22 being provided at the end with an eye 23, to which is secured a flexible rope or cable 24-. This rope 24 is passed through the opening 11 in the insulated handle 10 and is looped around the handle so as to produce what is known as ahitch, whereby the rope may be tightened about the handle, thereby locking the lever 19 in any desired position. It will be seen that as the lever is moved about its pivotal mounting, the arm 20 is moved transversely with respect to the groove 15 of the hook member and that by releasing the rope 2% the opening between the arm 20 and the hook portion 14 may be as large as desired to grip a conductor of any desired size.

After the wire or conductor has been gripped in position at the end of the handle by the hook and the lever, the lever is locked in position by means of the rope 24c, and

' the entire device, together with the con- 7 up and the clamping lever moved to engage or'grip the conductor. It will also be'noticed that the groove of the hook member 14 is at substantial right angles to the ban dle 10, which insures that the conductor will not'be parallel with the handle, thereby avoiding the possibility of injury through contact with a charged conductor.

While I have thus described the preferred construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts which constitute my invention, it is evident that those skilled in the arts to which this appertains may make various changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

7 What I claim is 1. In a wire pick-up, the combination with an insulating handle, of a member secured at one end of the handle having an open hook portion at its extremity with a jaw therein extending at right angles to the handle. a lever pivotally mounted on the hook member having a jaw at one end adapted to coiiperate with the jaw in the hook to clamp a wire at right angles to the handle, and a flexible cord secured to the other end I of the lever to move the jaw thereof to grip a wire in the hooked portion and hold it at right angles to the handle, the flexible ineniberbeing passed about the handle with ahalf hitch to bind the lever in i ber attached to the handle at one end and having a clamping aw inside of the hook extending at right angles to the handle, a lever pivotally mounted on the hook member having a. jaw at one end to clamp a wire inthe hook member at right angles .to the handle, and a flexible cord secured to the other end of the leverand passed through the opening and about, the handle to form a halt hitch whereby the lever may be held in any desired clamping position. 7

- 3. In a wire pick-up device,- the combination oi an insulating handle, a hook member secured thereto with the hook arranged substantially at right angles. to the handle at one end thereof, a clamping lever pivotally mounted on the hook member with an arm movable at an angle to the hook to engage a wire in the hook, and a rope secured to the other arm of the lever and passed about the'h'andle with a'hitch to "bind'the lever. in position-with respect to the hook, and lStiYlIlf a free endto fasten the pick-up together with a wire held thereby in any.

desired position. 7

4. In a pick-up device for electrical conductors, the combination of an insulating handle having a diagonal opening through it. ahook member secured to one end of the handle with the hook portion disposed at right anglesto the handle, the hook Dortion being curved away at the edges to obviate sharp corners, and having teeth. on the inside thereof, formed with ribs extending longitudinally of the member around the hook portion to Strengthen it, and with a pivot pin at one side of the member and adjacent the handle connection, a curved leverv pivoted on said pin. one arm being formed adapted to be moved trans-r versely with respectto the hook teethto with teeth ant grip a conductor therebetween, a flexible rope attached to the other arm of the lever extending through the openingin the handle and passed around the handle to form a half hitch whereby thelever ma be se cured-in any'desired gripping position, the said opening being substantiallvin the same plane with the lever and the said hook position, and the free end of the rope beingused to tie up the device and a conductor held in its grip. f i j In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 25 day of July A. D. 1911. j

. GLENN HENRY BOLUS. Witnesses i .l C. PAINTER,

C. V. MARKS.

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